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Questions & Answers about Eva také chce jít do parku.
What does taky mean in this sentence?
taky means also or too. It shows that Eva, in addition to someone else or something else, wants to go to the park.
What is the difference between taky and také?
Both mean also/too, but také is slightly more formal (common in writing), while taky is more colloquial (common in everyday speech).
Why is taky placed before chce instead of after?
Czech word order is relatively flexible, but the neutral pattern for adverbs of manner or addition is Subject–Adverb–Verb. Placing taky before chce sounds most natural.
Why isn’t there an article like “the” or “a” before parku?
Czech doesn’t use definite or indefinite articles. Nouns stand alone, so do parku simply means “to (the) park” or “to a park” depending on context.
Why is it do parku and not v parku or na park?
- do
- genitive answers “to (into) somewhere.”
- v
- locative means “in/at somewhere.”
- na
- accusative/locative is “onto/on” or “at” for certain places (e.g. na poštu “to the post office”).
Here, “go to the park” uses do parku with genitive.
- accusative/locative is “onto/on” or “at” for certain places (e.g. na poštu “to the post office”).
What case is parku, and why does it end with -u?
parku is the genitive singular of park (a masculine inanimate noun). The preposition do always requires the genitive case, and the ending -u is the regular genitive ending for this declension.
Why is the verb jít used here instead of chodit?
jít describes a single, one-time action of walking or going somewhere (“to go”). chodit describes habitual or repeated actions (“to go regularly”). Since Eva wants to go on this occasion, jít is appropriate.
What is chce, and what is its infinitive form?
chce is the third-person-singular present tense of the verb chtít, which means to want. The full infinitive is chtít, but when conjugated for “he/she/it,” it becomes chce.